Stamp Seal

B14528

From: Iraq

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number B14528
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Iraq
Period Neo-Babylonian
Section Near Eastern
Materials Chalcedony
Description

Sommerville 1448 (1889): Chalcedony in two colors. Assyrian Seal. A priest before a candelabra surmounted by a seven pointed star; also a representation of a chair of state.

PBS XIV: The Babylonian worshiper as above, adoring a winged dragon (?) resting on a base altar below an eight pointed star.

Octagonal cone seal with convex face. Chalcedony, 16 x 11 mm. MS Coll.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number PBS XIV: 679 - Other Number | 1448 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-1448 - Old Museum Number | P269494 - CDLI Number

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